Here is what I did.
set
ulimit -n 32000
in the file /etc/init.d/docker
and restart the docker service
docker run -ti node:latest /bin/bash
run this command to verify
user@4d04d06d5022:/# ulimit -a
should see this in the result
open files (-n) 32000
[user@ip ec2-user]# docker run -ti node /bin/bash
user@4d04d06d5022:/# ulimit -a
core file size (blocks, -c) 0
data seg size (kbytes, -d) unlimited
scheduling priority (-e) 0
file size (blocks, -f) unlimited
pending signals (-i) 58729
max locked memory (kbytes, -l) 64
max memory size (kbytes, -m) unlimited
open files (-n) 32000
pipe size (512 bytes, -p) 8
POSIX message queues (bytes, -q) 819200
real-time priority (-r) 0
stack size (kbytes, -s) 10240
cpu time (seconds, -t) unlimited
max user processes (-u) 58729
virtual memory (kbytes, -v) unlimited
file locks (-x) unlimited